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Use microfilm copy, Bath County (Va.) Reel 141.
Bath County (Va.) Reel 141, Local government records collection, Bath County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
The microfilm copy of these records was generated by The Library of Virginia's Imaging Services Branch.
Bath County was formed in 1790 from Augusta, Botetourt, and Greenbrier (West Virginia) Counties.
An act passed by the Virginia legislature in 1803 required every free negro or mulatto to be registered and numbered in a book to be kept by the county clerk.
Register of Free Negroes, 1794-1841, of Bath County records the age, name, color, stature, marks or scars, in what court the person was emancipated or whether the person was born free. Some clerks recorded additional information not required by law. There is no index.
Following the Register of Free Negroes in the same volume are Certificates of Election, 1865-1866. These are certifications by the clerk of court and election commissioners of who won particular elections for county, Virginia state senate and house of delegates, and federal congressional elections. The county offices certified include justice of the peace, county surveyor, overseers of the poor, constable, and commissioners of the revenue. The election commissioners and winners of the various offices are named as are the magisterial or congressional districts to which a particular elected office belonged.
Chronological by registration date.